| 单词 |
aloo |
| 释义 |
aloo, n. orig. and chiefly S. Asian.
Brit. |ˈaluː|, U.S. |ˈɑlu|
Plural unchanged
Forms: 19– aloo, 19– alu
[‹ Hindi ālū potato.]
In South Asian cookery: a potato; a dish containing this. Cf. aloo chaat n.
[1832G. A. Herklots tr. J. Shurreef Qanoon-e-Islam App. p. xxxviii, Salūn..of Aloo..solanum tuberosum, Willd. or potatoe.] [1886H. Yule & A. C. Burnett Hobson-Jobson 10/2 Aloo... This word is now used in Hindustani and other dialects for the ‘potato’. The original Sanskrit is said to mean the esculent root Arum campanulatum.] 1952S. Selvon Brighter Sun i. 9 Days in the fields, evenings playing with the other children, roti and aloo in the night. 1971Hindustan Times Weekly (New Delhi) 4 Apr. (Suppl.) p. iv/5, Have you ever tried mashing up leftover..aloo? 1986A. Ghosh Circle of Reason i. i. 3 It's an alu, a potato, a huge, freshly dug, lumpy potato. 1990L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes 8 It is also as American as apple pie, as French as croissants, as Jamaican as ackee, as Indian as aloo, as Chinese as chow mein. |
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